Posted on January 6, 2020 by mrssmythe
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Hello! And welcome back after what I hope was a lovely holiday season. We had a very nice Christmas. This year, we splurged on an artificial tree. Here’s Pepper at Home Depot, assessing the selection. I was set on getting one of the cheaper…
Category: Celebrations, Chickens, Crafting, Family, Garden, Holidays, House Plants, Out & About, Travel Tags: aladdin, backyard chickens, broadway, chickens, Christmas tree, dickey, eggs, geraniums, lion brand ferris wheel, mittens, noro to the point, phantom of the opera, snow
Posted on January 10, 2019 by mrssmythe
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“Cozy” is the worm I’d use to describe our New Year’s Eve this year. For us, it was a rainy night with lots of wind – the perfect weather for hunkering down by the fire and watching old movies…which is exactly what we did. After…
Category: Baking, Celebrations, Crafting, Critters, Seasons, Week in Review Tags: Black Forest Cake, camel yarn, catahoula leopard dog, Christmas, Kathi Black Forest Cake Mix, knitting, manny, New Year's Eve, winter, yarn
Posted on December 30, 2018 by mrssmythe
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I had meant to post something earlier, but didn’t manage it. As a result, you’re going to get a hodge-podge of images from the previous few weeks to give you a fair idea of our holiday season. If it all seems a bit wacky…
Category: Baking, Celebrations, Chickens, Critters, Museums, Shopping, Week in Review Tags: ballet, best ever popcorn balls, Christmas, guinea hen, haircuts, holiday decorating, knot tying, Mr. Wa, pixie cut, popcorn balls, snow, Springfield Museums, The Nutcracker
Posted on December 9, 2018 by mrssmythe
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Are you wondering how the turkey is doing? The turkey is doing just fine. The turkey, and even the guinea hen, are now both sleeping in the coop. At night, it’s one big, cozy flock. Things are pretty chummy during the day, too, though…
Category: Celebrations, Chickens, Critters, House, Out & About, Seasons, Shopping, Week in Review Tags: chickens, Christmas tree, fudge, guinea hen, holiday decorating, turkey, Yankee Candle
Posted on November 25, 2018 by mrssmythe
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The Berkshires looked like a Christmas card this past week. CPT A captured some of the beauty while off running errands. Just magical! Not so magical…this broken snowblower: This is what comes of mice in the shed. And, it perplexes me, because I want…
Category: Books, Celebrations, Chickens, CPT's Lens, Critters, Old Books, Week in Review Tags: chickens, guinea fowl, It's an Old New England Custom, pumpkin pie, pumpkins, snow, snow blowers, Thanksgiving, turkeys
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